Tile Over Fireplace Brick

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Tile over fireplace brick.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend lovelies. Renovating with a tile over brick fireplace design starting with demo. How to tile over a brick fireplace step 1. Mix up a small batch of thin set mortar until it has the consistency of creamy peanut butter.

Cover the hearth with a drop cloth and remove the mantel and anything else that s attached to the brick. Give the entire surface of the brick fireplace a good scrub with a wire brush followed by the vacuum. Build out the vertical sides of the surround that they they were no longer flush with the wall and could thus support a. Let the bricks dry for a day or.

Clean and prepare existing brick. Use painter s tape to mask off. Refacing the front of the fireplace with wood. Next up on these fireplace makeover chronicles i ll show you how i tiled over the ugly brick hearth sealing all this marble goodness to prevent smoke discoloration and painting the interior of the fireplace box.

Place drop cloths over the hearth and the floor. Steps for tiling over a brick fireplace. If possible you should remove the existing mantel for easier tile. Go over the entire area with a wire brush to dislodge any loose mortar then scrub off the soot with a rag soaked in.

I didn t want to do a lot of demo but i didn t have much of a choice if i was going to tile over. Widen the mantel so that it hung over each side of the surround by 3 inches add shadow boxes vertically and horizontally on the surround as well as on the front and sides of. Even out the surface.